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22 Oct 2010 23:48

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Offbeat: Man tumbles off cliff, is not resuscitated by prayer

  • sad Guy at faith-healing school falls off 200ft cliff whilst drinking with friends.
  • stupid Rather than call paramedics, friends attempt to “pray him back to life.”
  • awful When that fails, friends debate for hours about whether to call the police.
  • resultThe victim survived, is now paraplegic, and is suing his old friends. source
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22 Oct 2010 23:25

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Politics: Democratic fundraising: Small contributions, big overall haul

  • $17million amount raised for Democrats by the DNC in September
  • 90% portion of which came in amounts of $200 or less source
Posted by Seth Millstein • 0 Comments • Permalink

22 Oct 2010 23:13

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Politics, U.S.: Old Karl Rove, meet New Karl Rove

  • Things that weaken the parties and place the outcome of elections in the hands of billionaires who can write checks and political consultants who can get themselves hired by billionaires who write the checks, give me some concern.
  • Karl Rove in 2004 • Denouncing the rise of independent 527 groups and their influence on that year’s election. In March of this year, Rove founded his own 527 group, American Crossroads, to fund conservative candidates. In June, he co-founded an offshoot group that allows its donors to remain anonymous. source
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22 Oct 2010 16:01

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Politics: New Mexico gubernatorial debate discusses “big fat boners”

  • Just a hunch: She said “big fat boners,” but we’re sure she meant “big fat bonuses.” source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

22 Oct 2010 15:44

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U.S.: Sylvester Cann IV wants you to know Obama signed his iPad

  • You want attention, dude? You want to make a site clearly pimping out the fact that you got Barack Obama to sign your iPad? You want to put your phone number on your site so that people will pay attention to you and possibly offer you some sort of something? You got it man. Here’s a link to your site, you publicity hound. Hopefully our link will get you on the Today Show or something, so that you can parlay your fifteen microseconds of fame into a reality show. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 2 Comments • Permalink

22 Oct 2010 14:56

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World: French Senate ignores protesters’ cries, passes pension law anyway

  • anger For that last few days, protesters have been making life in France pretty rough, partly over an age increase for pensions, from 60 to 62. It’s not that bad, guys!
  • indifferenceDespite days of rage and problems with fuel distribution caused by the protests, the French Senate passed it anyway. Now it’s headed to President Sarkozy to sign. source
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22 Oct 2010 13:59

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Politics: Clarence Thomas’ ex-girlfriend: Anita Hill was telling the truth

  • He was always actively watching the women he worked with to see if they could be potential partners. It was a hobby of his.
  • Clarence Thomas’ former girlfriend, Lillian McEwen • Suggesting that the Supreme Court justice perjured himself on the stand during his contentious 1991 Senate hearing. McEwen stayed quiet throughout her career, because she was afraid that coming forward would hurt her professionally. But now she’s retired. And now she has a memoir she’s shopping to publishers about her successful career and her relationship with Thomas. She stayed mum about her relationship with Thomas, but the whole thing about Thomas’ wife Virginia cold-calling Anita Hill convinced her to speak out. Among the highlights was an admission that “he was obsessed with porn.” Why is all this crazy Clarence Thomas stuff coming out 19 years after he became a justice? source
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22 Oct 2010 13:23

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World: The U.S. throwing more money into Pakistan’s military coffers

  • $2 billion to come from the U.S. to the Pakistani army source
  • » As a point of comparison: The U.S. has given Pakistan $7.5 billion in aid to the country otherwise – much of it aid in the wake of the country’s recent flooding, along with for civilian projects. Unlike those projects, this does court some controversy, because (according to the White House’s own reports on the matter) Pakistan’s army has reportedly committed gross human rights violations in their anti-terrorism efforts.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

22 Oct 2010 12:57

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U.S.: Massive game of Zombie tag = Good community-building exercise

  • Meet Whitney Metzger: This Norfolk, Va. resident is basically an unintentional mass-marketing genius. She put up a bunch of flyers and a Facebook event page for an event called “Survive Norfolk,” a massive game of zombie-themed tag. She only put up the event a couple of weeks ago, expecting just a couple hundred people to come. Instead, nearly 10,000 people will probably be there tonight. This event, actually based in our old neighborhood of Ghent, has drawn so much attention that USA Today did a story about her. We’re proud of this event: If any community would be able to support an event like this, it’s Ghent, one of the most engaged single neighborhoods we’ve ever seen. Sigh. We miss Ghent. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

22 Oct 2010 12:11

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Tech: Thanks iPhone: AT&T close to toppling Verizon as top wireless carrier

  • 93.2
    million     number of users Verizon has, after gaining nearly a million subscribers last quarter
  • 92.8
    million     number of users AT&T has, after gaining nearly THREE MILLION subscribers in the same period source
  • » Insurmountable no more? After Verizon acquired Alltel back in 2008, they were far ahead of AT&T user-wise. But then the iPhone 4 launch happened. Well, so much for that.
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